CVE-2023-3138

libx11: A vulnerability was found in libX11

CVE-2023-3138 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by libx11-6 2:1.6.4-3ubuntu0.4+esm1, released June 14, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0166
76th percentile

A vulnerability was found in libX11. The security flaw occurs because the functions in src/InitExt.c in libX11 do not check that the values provided for the Request, Event, or Error IDs are within the bounds of the arrays that those functions write to, using those IDs as array indexes. They trust that they were called with values provided by an Xserver adhering to the bounds specified in the X11 protocol, as all X servers provided by X.Org do. As the protocol only specifies a single byte for these values, an out-of-bounds value provided by a malicious server (or a malicious proxy-in-the-middle) can only overwrite other portions of the Display structure and not write outside the bounds of the Display structure itself, possibly causing the client to crash with this memory corruption.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libX11 · RHEL 8 0:1.6.8-6.el8 RHSA-2023:7029 Nov 14, 2023
libX11 · RHEL 9 0:1.7.0-8.el9 RHSA-2023:6497 Nov 7, 2023
libX11 · almalinux 8 1.6.8-6.el8 ALSA-2023:7029 Nov 14, 2023
libX11 · almalinux 9 1.7.0-8.el9 ALSA-2023:6497 Nov 7, 2023
libX11 · amzn 2023 1.7.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-250 Jul 17, 2023
libX11 · ol 8 0:1.6.8-6.el8 ELSA-2023-7029 Nov 17, 2023
libX11 · ol 9 0:1.7.0-8.el9 ELSA-2023-6497 Nov 11, 2023
libX11-common · RHEL 8 0:1.6.8-6.el8 RHSA-2023:7029 Nov 14, 2023
libX11-common · RHEL 9 0:1.7.0-8.el9 RHSA-2023:6497 Nov 7, 2023
libX11-common · almalinux 8 1.6.8-6.el8 ALSA-2023:7029 Nov 14, 2023
libX11-common · almalinux 9 1.7.0-8.el9 ALSA-2023:6497 Nov 7, 2023
libX11-common · amzn 2023 1.7.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-250 Jul 17, 2023
libX11-common · ol 8 0:1.6.8-6.el8 ELSA-2023-7029 Nov 17, 2023
libX11-common · ol 9 0:1.7.0-8.el9 ELSA-2023-6497 Nov 11, 2023
libX11-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.7.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-250 Jul 17, 2023
libX11-debugsource · amzn 2023 1.7.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-250 Jul 17, 2023
libX11-devel · RHEL 8 0:1.6.8-6.el8 RHSA-2023:7029 Nov 14, 2023
libX11-devel · RHEL 9 0:1.7.0-8.el9 RHSA-2023:6497 Nov 7, 2023
libX11-devel · almalinux 8 1.6.8-6.el8 ALSA-2023:7029 Nov 14, 2023
libX11-devel · almalinux 9 1.7.0-8.el9 ALSA-2023:6497 Nov 7, 2023
libX11-devel · amzn 2023 1.7.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-250 Jul 17, 2023
libX11-devel · ol 8 0:1.6.8-6.el8 ELSA-2023-7029 Nov 17, 2023
libX11-devel · ol 9 0:1.7.0-8.el9 ELSA-2023-6497 Nov 11, 2023
libX11-xcb · RHEL 8 0:1.6.8-6.el8 RHSA-2023:7029 Nov 14, 2023
libX11-xcb · RHEL 9 0:1.7.0-8.el9 RHSA-2023:6497 Nov 7, 2023
libX11-xcb · almalinux 8 1.6.8-6.el8 ALSA-2023:7029 Nov 14, 2023
libX11-xcb · almalinux 9 1.7.0-8.el9 ALSA-2023:6497 Nov 7, 2023
libX11-xcb · amzn 2023 1.7.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-250 Jul 17, 2023
libX11-xcb · ol 8 0:1.6.8-6.el8 ELSA-2023-7029 Nov 17, 2023
libX11-xcb · ol 9 0:1.7.0-8.el9 ELSA-2023-6497 Nov 11, 2023
libX11-xcb-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.7.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2023-250 Jul 17, 2023
libx11 · Debian 11.6 (bullseye) 2:1.7.2-1+deb11u1 DSA-5433-1 Jun 21, 2023
libx11 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 2:1.8.4-2+deb12u1 DSA-5433-1 Jun 21, 2023
libx11 · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 2:1.8.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3138 Jun 28, 2023
libx11 · Debian 14 2:1.8.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3138 Jun 28, 2023
libx11-6 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:1.6.4-3ubuntu0.4+esm1 libx11-6 2:1.6.4-3ubuntu0.4+esm1 Jun 14, 2023
libx11-6 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:1.6.9-2ubuntu1.5 libx11-6 2:1.6.9-2ubuntu1.5 Jun 14, 2023
libx11-6 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:1.7.5-1ubuntu0.2 libx11-6 2:1.7.5-1ubuntu0.2 Jun 14, 2023
libx11-data · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:1.6.4-3ubuntu0.4+esm1 libx11-data 2:1.6.4-3ubuntu0.4+esm1 Jun 14, 2023
libx11-data · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:1.6.9-2ubuntu1.5 libx11-data 2:1.6.9-2ubuntu1.5 Jun 14, 2023
libx11-data · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:1.7.5-1ubuntu0.2 libx11-data 2:1.7.5-1ubuntu0.2 Jun 14, 2023
libx11-xcb1 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:1.6.4-3ubuntu0.4+esm1 libx11-xcb1 2:1.6.4-3ubuntu0.4+esm1 Jun 14, 2023
libx11-xcb1 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:1.6.9-2ubuntu1.5 libx11-xcb1 2:1.6.9-2ubuntu1.5 Jun 14, 2023
libx11-xcb1 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:1.7.5-1ubuntu0.2 libx11-xcb1 2:1.7.5-1ubuntu0.2 Jun 14, 2023

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